Awards:
Heritage St. Clair receives Canada 150 Sesquicentennial Award
Articles
Click on the links below for interesting heritage articles (some were published in the Beacon):
2024
Heritage Corner (February 2024)
Heritage Corner (January 2024)
2023
Cavalry Saddle Tree, 1890, with Mooretown Connections — John C. Leistra
Heritage Corner (October 2023)
Heritage Corner (September 2023)
Heritage Corner (February 2023)
Heritage Corner (January 2023)
2022
Heritage Corner (December 2022)
Heritage Corner (November 2022)
Heritage Corner (October 2022)
Heritage Corner (February, 2022)
Heritage Corner (January, 2022)
2021
Heritage Corner (December, 2021)
Heritage Corner (November, 2021)
Heritage Corner (October, 2021)
Heritage Corner (September, 2021)
Heritage Corner (August, 2021)
Heritage Corner (April , 2021)
Heritage Corner (February, 2021)
Heritage Corner (January, 2021)
2020
Heritage Corner (December, 2020)
Heritage Corner (November, 2020)
Heritage Corner (October, 2020)
Heritage Corner (September, 2020)
Heritage Corner (August, 2020)
Andrew in Kimball – The Andrew Family of Kimball, Ontario
Heritage Corner (February, 2020)
Heritage Corner (January, 2020)
2019
Heritage Corner (December, 2019)
Heritage Corner (November, 2019)
Heritage Corner (October, 2019)
Heritage Corner (September, 2019)
Heritage Corner (August, 2019)
Heritage Corner (February, 2019)
Heritage Corner (January, 2019)
2018
Heritage Corner (December, 2018)
Heritage Corner (November, 2018)
Heritage Corner (October, 2018)
Heritage Corner (September, 2018)
Heritage Corner (August, 2018)
In the Line of David – Three Generations of David Hossie
Heritage Corner (February, 2018)
Memories of Skating on Talfourd Creek, Froomefield, ON
Heritage Corner (January, 2018)
2017
Heritage Corner (December, 2017)
Heritage Corner (November, 2017)
Downriver Craft Sale chalks up near record crowds (October, 2017)
Sombra Museum Blueberry Social offers sweet treats, sweet music & fun (September, 2017)
What’s the Winston Churchill connection with Moore Museum? (August, 2017)
Victorian Tea kitchen recalls Canada’s early days (July, 2017)
Heritage St. Clair making invaluable contributions to township’s Canada 150 legacy (June, 2017)
The Abduction of Allan Macdonald
Albert Perkins 1913 – Wood, Snakes & Wild Cats
Little log cabin at Sombra Museum recently refurbished – original “tiny house”? (May, 2017)
Leslie Sutherland Branch 447 Corunna, Royal Canadian Legion
Who do you know from S. S. # 13 Sombra? (April, 2017)
Moore Museum’s Canada 150 photo contest now underway (March, 2017)
Vintage Pesha post cards document a local industry that thrived in early 1900s (February, 2017)
Moore Museum to hold Canada 150 photo contest: Seasons In St. Clair (January, 2017)
2016
World War I Honour Roll Plaques Revealed After Decades in Storage (December, 2016)
WWI memorial plaque to be unveiled (November, 2016)
New historical plaque reveals the wild side of Wilkesport (October, 2016)
New heritage stone in Branton-Cundick Park honours pioneer families (September, 2016)
A Poet-Scholar’s Walk from Sombra to Wilkesport in the Year, 1857
Sombra Raid of 1838 Commemorated with New Plaque (August, 2016)
Victorian Tea welcomes avid tea drinkers and new guests (July, 2016)
St. Clair River Raids plaque unveiling recalls border clash (June, 2016)
Hands of Time exhibit looking for timely donation of clocks (May, 2016)
Watery graveyard once surrounded Stag Island (April, 2016)
The E.J. McVea was one of thousands of wooden sailing vessels built at the many…
Once upon a time, in a land close to home… (March, 2016)
Ship wreck Disasters on the St. Clair River
Looking ahead: Tea, trains & artistic talent at Moore Museum (February, 2016)
Old-Fashioned Christmas sparks creativity in young students (January, 2016)
Alexander Sinclair and Jane Eliza Leslie Sinclair of “Hawthorn House”, Moore Township by Mary Dietz
2015
St. Clair Township native became integral part of Apollo space program (October, 2015)
Two new interpretive plaques debut at Brander Park (September, 2015)
St. Clair Township summer joy, past and present, could be found in the water (August, 2015)
Moore Museum celebrates 40 years of heritage preservation (July, 2015)
Moore Museum volunteers receive provincial Volunteer Service Awards (June, 2015)
Couple’s book shadows Group of Seven (May, 2015)
Is history lurking in those boxes and bags you’re donating? (April, 2015)
Daldean rescued from impassable river ice (March, 2015)
Maple Leaf Forever! (February, 2015)
Old Fashioned Christmas (January, 2015)
2014
Early careers explored at Moore Museum (December, 2014)
Downriver crafts…and characters (November, 2014)
Looking ahead to Christmas at Moore Museum (October, 2014)
Majestic passenger ship S. S. Noronic ended in tragedy (September, 2014)
Moore Centre Hall was original Moore Township municipal building (August, 2014)
Corunna Child Study Group disbands after six decades of fellowship (July, 2014)
Information on Township residents who served in world War 1 (May, 2014)
Wurlitzer band organ will announce the 2014 Sombra Museum season (April, 2014)
Museum prepares for another great season (March, 2014)
Sombra Museum exhibit to commemorate anniversary of The Great War (February, 2014)
S. S. No. 7 Moore School alumni remain”true to their school” (January, 2014)
2013
Four local schools heralded new philosophy of education (November, 2013)
Marine mishaps part of life on the St. Clair River (September, 2013)
Dedicated volunteers receive Ontario Heritage Awards (August, 2013)
Sombra Museum speaker relates the incredible facts surrounding the Storm of 1913 (May, 2013)
